Translation:if you would normally run, bike, mow the lawn, etc, and you don't need to do it Sunday, don't. AQI of 100 = national air quality level limit, which has been shown in some studies to affect normal, completely healthy people as well.

We're movin' into August here in God's Country, Tennessee and that can only mean one thing: Grainger County 'maters are ripe (and are on sale at our local Kroger for just 99 cents per pound through Tuesday at midnight).

Consequently, I just laid in eight pints of the best corn and black bean salsa you ever did taste and thought you might enjoy the recipe, (this one's a little heavy on veggies other than those scrumptious 'maters, but adjust the proportions to your liking).

The city announced today that an eastbound lane of Cumberland Ave. will open tomorrow, Sat. Aug. 1st, restoring two-way traffic just in time for U.T. fall classes and the football season. More info and a project update in the press release after the break...

The HOV lanes in Nashville indicate "Inherently Low Emission Vehicles Allowed, in addition to the 2 person per vehicle requirement. What exactly is an Inherently Low Emission Vehicle (ILEV)?

According to Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-188 (2014):

A light-duty vehicle or light-duty truck, regardless of whether the vehicle or truck is part of a motor vehicle fleet, with a gross vehicle weight of twenty-six thousand pounds (26,000 lbs.) or less that has been certified by the federal environmental protection agency as conforming to the ILEV guidelines, procedures and standards as published in 40 CFR 88.311.93

Then you can go to the EPA guidelines.

I still don't know if a Toyota Prius is an ILEV. Maybe I'll call a Toyota dealer or Toyota.

NVIDIA is recalling approx. 88,000 Shield tablets because their lithium-ion batteries can overheat posing a fire hazard. NVIDIA will replace the tablets at no charge.

According to the CPSC, "This recall involves NVIDIA SHIELD tablet computers with 8-inch touch screens. Model numbers P1761, P1761W and P1761WX and serial numbers 0410215901781 through 0425214604018 are included in this recall. NVIDIA and the model and serial numbers are etched on the left side edge of the tablets. The SHIELD logo is on the back of the tablets."

What: DTV features the Wesley House leaders and their programWhen:Friday, July 31, 2015 - 7:30pmWhere: Community TV Channels

Host Jessee Bundy will interview Tim Adams and Anderson Olds of Wesley House on DTV on Friday Night, July 31.

Wesley House currently provides academic, emotional, and spiritual support to 86 at-risk inner-city students and fellowship and support to 25 deserving inner-city senior citizens. We want to touch even more lives.

Tune in for more information about Wesley House and how you can support this great community program

President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare Bill at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. LBJ Library photo by unknown, 34897-22. Taken July 30, 1965. (LBJ Library)

On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law. After failed attempts by FDR, Truman and Kennedy, Johnson said "the times had caught up with the idea." Since then, the program has helped keep millions of seniors out of poverty and provided healthcare to needy families.

A new inland Appalachian Regional Port — which will feature a railroad terminal but no water — will open just off Interstate 75 in north Georgia by 2018...

At the new port, in Chatsworth, Ga., about 40,000 tractor-trailer loads annually of vehicles, auto parts and other manufactured goods will be put on CSX rail cars for the journey to Savannah, taking that number of the big trucks off I-75 through the Atlanta area and helping to relieve traffic congestion, Georgia officials said after a ceremony Tuesday to sign documents to get the project underway.

Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank has written the White House, expressing opposition to what she calls “significantly stricter” limits on ground-level ozone that the EPA is now considering.

How did Waters end up in theses roles?

And Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters was to be in Washington today to participate in a discussion before a House panel on the expected impact of the proposed new ozone guidelines.

Sevier County’s Waters, vice chairman of the Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board, is scheduled to participate in a round-table discussion today, hosted by the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power. The discussion is titled “EPA’s Proposed Ozone Rule: Potential Impact on Manufacturing and Jobs.”

“It has come to my attention that most, if not all of you, have been contacted by AG Herbert Slatery and the Haslam Administration, and have been told to uphold the SCOTUS opinion or race [sic] a discrimination lawsuit,” wrote Womick, R-Rockvale.

“Such intimidation from this administration is unconstitutional and should not be tolerated. Each of you are publicly elected servants of your county. You swore an oath to uphold the Tennessee State Constitution and to enforce the Tennessee Code Annotated. You did not take an oath to uphold an ‘opinion’ from from five justices of the SCOTUS.

“Therefore, I am asking each of you to ignore the recent SCOTUS opinion redefining marriage, uphold our State Constitution, and issue marriage certificates to one man and one woman only,” the letter says.

Dude has some issues, apparently. Regardless, not sure anyone should take "legal" advice from that guy.

Finbarr Saunders is running for re-election for his At Large City Council Seat C. He has two opponents, Paul Bonovitch and Kelly Absher. So far, the only fact I know about Bonovitch is that he lives in Sequoyah Hills. Absher lives downtown, is president of the Market Square Business Association and says on his Facebook page he wants to support small businesses, although he doesn't say how. Other than that, his main campaign tactic seems to be featuring photos on his FB page of people holding red ovals on a stick that say Absher for City Council. I reached out to Absher but got very little in return.

To date, there is no substance in this campaign. There is no basis on which to make a choice, other than for Saunders, who at least has a track record on CC which you may or may not like.

No wonder voters are apathetic regarding this election. Does anyone have any information about these candidates that's worth sharing?